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Chemical leak forms bluish cloud over water plant in Lancaster County

LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. — A bluish cloud spotted over the Lancaster County water plant on Riverside Road Monday morning led to a hazmat situation.

Emergency crews were called to the water plant off Highway 5 near the Catawba River. The road was shut down after reports of a chemical leak at the plant.

The utility company said that a very small amount of chlorine dioxide, which is used to disinfect drinking water, leaked and formed a fog.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control was contacted, but the chemical was shut off and the leak was contained.

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There were no evacuations or injuries and no impact on the drinking water.​

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